Livia, or Buried Alive
Lawrence Durrell · Faber and Faber, London, 1978
C$45 · Very Good condition
Faber and Faber Limited, London, 1978. FIRST EDITION ('First published in 1978 by Faber and Faber Limited / Printed in Great Britain by Butler and Tanner Ltd, Frome and London / (c) Lawrence Durrell, 1978 / ISBN 0-571-11297-8'). Title page bears the joint 'FABER AND FABER / London Boston' imprint introduced when Faber expanded direct US distribution in the late 1970s. The second novel of Durrell's Avignon Quintet, following Monsieur (1974) and preceding Constance (1982). Dedicated 'For Denis and Nanik de Rougemont'. Hardcover with original pictorial dust jacket: green-and-white illustration of weathered limestone outcrops and skeletal trees (a Provencal karst landscape echoing the Quintet's Avignon setting), 'LAWRENCE DURRELL / LIVIA / or Buried Alive' in white sans-serif. DJ unclipped, intact, light shelf rub. Companion Avignon Quintet volumes from the same collection available (Monsieur Faber 1st, Constance Faber 1st).
Details
- Publisher: Faber and Faber, London, 1978
- Binding: Hardcover
- Edition: First Edition
- Condition: Very Good
- Dust jacket: Very Good
- ISBN: 0-571-11297-8
- Category: Literary Fiction